The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen claims for service connection for sarcoidosis and residuals of a chest wound.,The Veteran's tinnitus disability is already assigned the maximum schedular evaluation.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received, allowing the reopening of the claims for service connection for sarcoidosis and residuals of a body wound.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Sarcoidosis","issues":["service connection for sarcoidosis"]}, {"condition_name":"Residuals of a body wound (chest disorder)","issues":["service connection for residuals of a chest wound"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19164827
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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